The Learning Processes Underlying in the Accumulation of Technological Capabilities: A Case Study in Small Firms of the Goat Husbandry Productive Chain

Lorena Bezerra de Souza Matos (), Priscilla Almeida, Marísia Monte Aguiar, Diego Machado and Anasilvia Rocha Ipiranga ()
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Lorena Bezerra de Souza Matos: UECE - Universidade Estadual do Ceará [Brasil] = State University of Ceará [Brazil]

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Abstract: This article analyzes the implications of the learning processes underlying in the dynamics of the accumulation of technological capabilities in firms participant of the goat husbandry productive chain, tends as base the following questions: Which levels and types of technological capabilities do the companies under study present? Which are the implications of the learning processes underlying in the accumulation of the technological capabilities? For the operation of this study of qualitative nature, it was used the methodological mark of the case study. The analysis of the data started from the collection and compilation of documents and interviews, using semi-structured scripts, tends as base the thematic analysis of contents, referring to the following technological functions: Management of the Productive Unit, Nutrition, Health, and Reproduction. The results described competence levels for the four studied technological functions, also evidencing the practical implications of different learning processes about the accumulation of the technological capabilities in the firms under study. It is still notable the contribution of the article when adapting the analytic structures for the accumulation of technological competences and learning processes in the context of small and average firms? participant of the agribusiness sector productive chain.

Date: 2011-06-15
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Published in Druid Society 2011 - Innovation, Strategy, and Structure - Organizations, Institutions, Systems and Regions, Jun 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark

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